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Random music news for Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Again, apologies for any erratic posting schedules this week, but I’ll do my best to keep things on track. Here’s

Here we go again – the remainder of this year’s best albums, according to a whack of publications and somewhat

Let’s start with this – this article may take a while to load on your device. There are a LOT

Anyone with an Internet connection can instantly access somewhere around 40 million songs from all eras of recorded music history.

Not only is music interesting to listen to, but its effects on the human brain is fascinating. Music can help

Did you know there was an experimental 3D TV broadcast on this date in 1953? Neither did I. And now,

The Douglas DC-3 took to the air for the first time on this day in 1935. A lot of these

How the hell did someone built a mile-long lighted, ventilated prison escape tunnel with no one noticing? That’s just one

I’ve long lamented about people just don’t care about high-fidelity sound anymore. MP3s played through cheap earbuds are good enough

Here’s a program from NPR that deals with Cuban punk rockers who deliberately infected themselves with AIDS so they could

I remember seeing Billy Idol at Massey Hall in Toronto way back when. He was so drunk he was flopping

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver